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【題目】 “Don’t tell anyone”. We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us. But it can be hard to keep a secret. We’re often tempted to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.

According to Asim Shah, professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Bchavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, US, keeping a secret may well “become a burden”. This is because people often have an “obsessive (無法擺脫的) and anxious urge to share it with someone”.

An earlier study, led by Anita E. Kelly, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.

But with secrets so often getting out, why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. “Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone.” according to Shah.

He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.

Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you’d better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn’t give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.

【1】The underlined phrase “spill the bean” is closest in meaning to ________.

A.let out a secretB.tell the truth

C.eat our wordsD.take gossip

【2】A person who is entrusted with a secret ________.

A.is oft often obsessed with a certain threat

B.often would rather not have been told about it

C.usually has a strong desire to keep it until death

D.may suffer from physical or psychological problems

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves.

B.Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the sense of guilt.

C.It’s better to inform others of the chances of your leaking secrets beforehand.

D.Putting yourself in others’ shoes helps realize the difficulty of keeping secrets.

【4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A.Walls have ears.

B.Still tongues make wise heads.

C.A word spoken is past recalling.

D.Every wall has a crack.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章提到保守秘密的人會因為秘密而造成壓力，從而可能會有心理和生理方面的問題。且分析了人們?yōu)楹我�分享秘密的原因，以及建議人們不要和他人分享秘密，和如果偶然泄露了別人的秘密，一定要及時告知受到影響的人。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文"Don't tell anyone", We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us. But it can be hard to keep a secret.可知,“不要告訴任何人”，當(dāng)有人告訴我們一個秘密時，我們會聽到這些話，但是很難保守秘密，即使我們后來后悔了，我們也經(jīng)常想把保守的秘密透露出去。故推知劃線短語意思為“泄露秘密”，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段中People entrusted with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches.（被托付秘密的人可能會遭受抑郁、焦慮和身體疼痛。）可知，一個被賦予秘密的人可能會遭受身體或心理上的問題。故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you'd better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn't give the information away.（沙阿說，要判斷是否要告訴別人一個秘密，你最好設(shè)身處地地為他們著想。想想如果你被告知不能泄露信息，你會有什么感覺。）可知，設(shè)身處地地為別人著想有助于認(rèn)識到保守秘密的困難。故選D。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，主要講述了每個人都有秘密，每個人都會替別人保守秘密，可是心中的秘密過多是對身體不好的，會造成壓力，同時秘密也不可能被永遠(yuǎn)保守，只要是發(fā)生了的事情總是會被他人知道的。A選項Walls have ears.“隔墻有耳”；B選項Still tongues make wise heads.“智者寡言�！�；C選項A word spoken is past recalling.“一言既出，駟馬難追。”；D選項Every wall has a crack.“每面墻都有裂縫�！�，故D選項最符合文章主旨。故選D。

關(guān)于詞義猜測題做題技巧。詞義猜測題是閱讀理解中常見的一種題型，主要有對生詞的詞義猜測，熟詞新義以及代詞的猜測。其關(guān)鍵是根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，利用已掌握的信息，有必要的時候，借助生活或者文化常識，確定單詞的詞義。如第一小題，根據(jù)上文"Don't tell anyone", We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us. But it can be hard to keep a secret. 可知“不要告訴任何人”，當(dāng)有人告訴我們一個秘密時，我們會聽到這些話，但是很難保守秘密，即使我們后來后悔了，我們也經(jīng)常想把保守的秘密透露出去。可知劃線短語意思為“泄露秘密”，故選A。